$4.8m Price On Ugandan Rebel Leader Jospeh Kony’s Head

THE US has offered $US5 million ($4.8m) for the capture of Lord’s Resistance Army chief Joseph Kony.

Yesterday’s announcement came as Uganda and Washington said they had been forced to suspend their two-year hunt for Kony in the jungles of the Central African Republic, after rebels seized power in the capital, Bangui, last month.

The LRA, a Ugandan rebel group, has waged a brutal insurgency, accused of mutilations and child abductions for two decades across four countries.

Kony – a self-proclaimed prophet who claims his rebels aim to establish a government based on the Ten Commandments – and other LRA leaders face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court.